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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

The rrratic Tom" Marshall, Cf
Kentucky, was one of the most eloquent
men who was ever sent TO Congres from
that or any other State. He served in
the House with John Quincy Adams
fifty years ago, and those who are old
enough we'll recollect the memorable
debate which took place between the
"Nestor" from Massachusetts, and the
"Hotspur" from Kentucky, on the sb-
stract right of petition asking Congress
TO abolish slavery in the District of Col
umbia. It was admitted that Adams had
The best OF the argument, but he ac-
knowledged that he never before met
mau so worthy of his steel as Marshall.
Marshsll's oesetting infrmity Was an
ever craving thirst for whisky. Soon
after he entered Congress he determined
TO reform and Joined a Martha Wash
ington Society, the name then given to
temperance organizations at Washing
ton and elsewhere. In one OF his
described the gradual, but sure steps by
which he became a confirmed drunkard,
he SCARED TO thu highest pinnacle OF
eloqueuce and concluded as follows {:
Sir: 1 would not change the physicaI
sensations the conscious sense of animal
being, which belong TO a man who
totally Tefrains from all that can intoxi-
cate his brain or derange his nervous
structure, the elasticity with which he
bounds from his couch in the morning,
the sweet reposs il yields him at night,
:he feeling with which he drinks in,
through his clear eyes, the beauty and
the grandeur of surrounding nature /;
cay, sir, l would not exchange my con-
scious being as strictly temperate man,
the sense of renovated youth, the glad
play with which my pulses now beat
healthful music, the bounding vivacity
with which the life blood courses its
way thorugh every fibre of my frame,
the communion high which my health
full ear and eye now hold with all the
gorgeous universe of God, the splendoIs
CT the morning, the softness of the even
ing SKY, lue OiOOiD, tue Otduty, the
verdure OF the earth, the music of the
air, and of the waters with all the
grand associations of external nature
rs-opened to the fine avenues of sense
no, sir, though poverty dog me, though
scorn pointed its slow finger at me as l
passed, though want and destitution and
every element or earthly misery, save
| only crime, met nv waking eye from
day TO day not tOI the brightest and
the noblest wreath that ever encircled
a statesman's brow not if some angel
commissioned by heaven or some demon
| sent fresh from hell - test the resisting
strength OF virtuous resolution, shoulc
| tempt me back, with all the wealth and
all the honors which a world can be-
/ stow not for all that time and earth
| can give would l cast from me this
| precious pledge OF a liberated mind
this talisman against temptation, and
plunge again into the dangers and hJr-
rors which once beset my path. -
help me heaven, as | would spurn be-
meath my very fact all the gifts the uri-
verse could offer and live and Gle as l
am, poor but sober.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23
Northwestern Tariff Sentiment.

Senator sAbin, of Minnesota, not lour
ago chairman of the Republican national
committee, is in accord with the recon-
meudatlOns OF the Presidents message
as To the revision of the tariff. He was
IN Pt;sourg on Saturday and so express
ed himself. In this view the Minnesota
Senator is also in accord with the Ra-
publican sentiment OF hrs own STATE
The s.. Paul Pioneer Press takes a nos
tive ground IN approval of the Presidents
message, and it may be safely ranked as
the most influential journal west of
Chicago. and in Chicago. the RapubIi-
can Tribune is even more emphatic in
support of Mr.. Cleveland than the -
Paul paper Senator Sabin gets this
backing from the latter paper
There Is no reason why the recommenda-
tlons sent 10 congress should not In the
main, be compiled with at an early iav
As We have seen, both parties are explicitly
committed in favor of tariff reduction
There Is no proposition from any source to
abandon the protective principle. But the
time has come when or manufacturers
shodid hdmit that all that they can ask. and
all thai Is receSSSTy FOR effective protection
Is such duty as win equaIiza the cost ~
production here and abroad. They wi!sthen
oe aoie 10 hold the market against all
comerS, while the competition that wouId he
come effective the moment that prices were
sIvancrd Will protect the consumer against
The eNactiOnS OF mODnpOlstic com mhinatIons
To ask more than this il TO endanger the
whole protective system when the inevitable
reaction shall come.
The Presidents message. instead Of
mak;rg a formidable division in the
Democratic party, as our Pennsylvania
pio'ectionlsiS have maintained that il
would. seems To have consolidated the
Democracy OF all sections. ard it's most
noticeable political effect, aside from
that. has been To separate the North
western Republicans OF four or 1--WE
States very broadly from their party of
Pennsylvania and other Eastern states
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

n CONGRESSIONAL contest of more
thar usual impCrt nee Is that or Jud a
Robert Lowry, Democrat, against
James b. White, Republican, from the
Twelfth Indiana District. The Repub-
licans having a majority OF one in tie
delegation from that State have control
OF Ticenty States in the House, gust the
necessary number to elect a President
IN case the election should be thrown
into the House. Should Lowry be given
Whites seat it would turn the Indiana
delegation over TO the Democrats, and
although it would not give them sufIi-
cient States to elect, it would reduce
the Republican States to nineteen, which
is one less than the necessary number.
The result would be that the House
could hot elect PresIden: AZ the next
session should the people tail TO do so.
Lowry does not claim to have be en-
counted oat, or that fraudulent votes
were cast for White. He bases his claim
for the seat TO the FACT, as he alleges.
that White was born n Scotland. 1t
seems that this objection 10 Whites
eligibility was urged against him dur
ing the campaign in 1856 and that on
ihs day before the election he made ap-
p!ication before the cou:t and was ad-
mitted to fuu citizenship. Lowry meets
this with the statement that Whites
naturalization on the day before the
election still leaves him ineligible, as
the law requires a Congressman to have
been seven years a citizen prior to his
election. II that Old political sinner
Thaddeus Stevens, was now in Congress
with Republican majority behind him
he would settle the question in favor Z
White, as he settled so many similar
disputes during the dark days OF re-
construction, by asking the simple
question, What is our mans name ~
ard then bulldozs the committee on cleo
tions TO report accor dinghy. Stevens is
not now in the House, however, aud
contested seats are disposed of in quite
a different manner
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

BLAIR, ot New Hampshire, the ire
Pressible crank o: the United States
Senate, has reported favorauly from the
Committee on Education his favorite
hobby known as the blair Educational
BILL" which sppropTiates serenty-nins
millions of dollars for educational pur-
poses among the several States. This
vicious measure passed the Senate at its
last Session, not because majority Of
that body was no nestly in favor OF it,
but simply because it was desirable to
get rid CT it and throw the responsibility
for its defeat either on the House or the
President. It was not acted on by the
House and must therefore go through
the process of resurrection in the Senate.
IL this Blair scheme ever reaches C!eye-
land it is as certain as fate that he has
veto rod in pickle FOR it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

THERE is one thirg in regard to the
Message of President CleYeland says the
Philadelphia Record, which has not
failed TO make great impression on
the public mind. None can pretend
that this message was dictated or in
inspired in the slightest respect by a
spirit Of subseryiency TO Monopoly and
Special Privilege. 1t IS an appeal from
the greed of monopoly and Government
iavoritism TO the public judgment and
conscience. 1t is, in short, the conf.
dent and trustful invocation OF a man
of the people themselves. Therein con-
sists the mighty influence which it is
destined TO exercise.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

BETWEEN 1868 and the adoption Of
the new Constitution OF this State in
1873, the limit OF damages which could
be recovered from a railroad company
for the loss of life on its tracks was
$1,000. The new Constitution abolished
this limit, leaving the sum to the dis.
cretion Of the jury and the court. In the
trial OF recent case in Philadelphia
against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, in which $50. 900 was claimed
for the loss OF husband, the Company
set up the plea, that in as much as it had
accepted the Act of Assembly of 1865
Nut had not accepted the Railroad
provisions of She Constitution, a greater
amount than s, 900 could not be recov.
cred against it. The point was over
ruled by the Court.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

THE Republican National Executive
Committee met at Washington week
before last and decided that the Repub-
lican National Convention to nominate
candidates for President and Vice
President, should meet at Chicago on
the l9,h Of June next. Ithas heretofore
been the cIs,om OF the Democratic
National Executive Committee To meet
at Washington on the 22d OF February
and fix upon the place and time for
holding the National Convention, and
we presume that the custom will be
adhered TO in regard to the Convention
to be held some time next summer.
Samuel Dickie, Chairman OF the
National Prohibition COMMITTEES. issued
a call on Monday last for the National
Convention OF that party TO be held A.
indianapolis, on Wednesday. the Oh
= tay OF June next, to nominate a Ma
l. 'onai ticket.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

AT THE funeral of the Chicago assas-
sins, which took place iinsliy on Sunday,
Captain Black, who was their chief
counsel, delivered a remarkable funeral
grafton, In which he had the auda .ity
10 compare his murderous clients to
Jesus Christ. He drew a pathetic and
generally truthful picture of the life and
death OF Christ, and undertook To show
that the anarchists had also died a.
martyrs die. 1; is amazing that an in
telllSent man should permit himself To
indulge in such nonsense. Tn. anar-
chists were infdels.. They had DOTTED
Tor months agains: society and ips.iya.
ted the murder of the policemen sim
ply because they were the represant..
tiVes OF the law. They were opposed 70
law and order, but had no substitute To
oher for existing government. They
drew their inspiration from the b..r
keg and the whisky bottle. Some of
them were convie,s across the sea. and
all were men OF violence and blood
"he man who compares these murder
Gus seoundreis 10 the Man OF Naz,re,b
who eounseleG obedience to existing
authority, who, when he was revived
reVlled not again, who never resort
ed 10 force, who died with a drawer
Tor his enemies upon his lips. is a f,oI
or a knave
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

-CHE Republican papers of the North
wes I insist that there should be no di-
visiI Nn on the question Of internal revs-
nue. nd customs tax reduction on party
lines. The 81. Paul Pioneer Press a
well-k uown Republican organ in its
issue Oh Saturday last says:
ITO n lake it n party question is i'm
possible. It Mr.. G. .eveland had Suggest.
ed measu res looking in any way towar,;
free trade, then his message would have
been rejected by great majority OF our
people. But expressing as /. does
views ne more radical than those found
In recomn. endatIons of Republican.o III
cisls and explicitly contained ia bo,h
loca. and nat tonai platforms Of the Re-
publican party. there can be no division
on the party lice. Unwlse attemp.s
TO befog this issue of tariff reform are
doomed TO failure. since they can arise
only from misrSpreseutation of the
facts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

a WEALTHY lard owner in the State
OF New \ oTk has rendered Mr.. Henry
George tract of eight thousand acres
or good land in that State on which 70
establish colony and carry ont his
peculiar land theories It NAV be this
wealthy owner Of real estate. like 2 good
many more persons similarly sIruated
mus II cheaper to give away some of his
supe!Huous acres than 10 retain them
ana pay the taxes. However this NAV
nrr here Is an opportunity for MessTs
Heorge and McGlynn 10 put IN practice
Their peculiar views. These eight thons-
ana acres ought TO provide homes for .
thousand men, who according TO Mr
george, ought here to become nrosoar-
and happy As this land is wooded ana
uhcultlvated. perhaps MIR. George NAV
crIect- He may not want that kind
but may profcr improved real estate
rented out at a handsome figure I'VE
can only wait and watch what comes
out OF az this III these rendered Lands
are not quickly seizsd upon by a land
hnDgry people, we shall suspect the
followers OF the lew gospel not SO sin
cere as they profess to be.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23
The Verdict TuanImous

w ID Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind. testi-
hes Il can recommend Electric Bitters As
Tue very best remedy Every bottle snId
mas gwen Telie. IN every case Oae man
-, 80 * pott'es. ana was cured Of Theuma-
tlsu Of 10 years standing" Abrbam Hare
Druggist, Belleville, Ohio, aiirms: The
best selling medicine / have ever handled i'm
~ 70 Years experience. Is Electric Rittars -
I"ousahGs of Others have ADDED their tesrI-
lohN. - that ihe verdict Is unanimous that
El-ctf,e BitteTs do cure all diseases OF the
I'Ner, kldneys or blood. Only half dollar
4 oc'tle n + James drug store.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23
ALMOST TOO BIG FOR TIE CAR.
How the Latest Dime Museum Affrac.
ton FINALLY Mcacn ed The Eity.

ZION Finally Acacn ed the city.
PHILADELPHIA, December 1S-Macgie
HazeIton, the biggest woman Trenton ever
produced, has arrived iD this city. For
many years Miss Hazslton had but two
wishes. The first was a desire to tie her
own shoes, an Incident of her toilet she
could not accomplish, owing to the fact
that she measured 232 inches around the
place where the waist ought to be. The
second was a desire TO visit the Centeunia,
city, which was also frustrated in its ac-
complishment. owning TO her weighing 900
pounds. Yesterday, through the ingenuity
OF Manager Braden5urg and the energy of
many Pennsylvania Railroad employees,
the Jersey Lily as Miss Hszelton has
been christened, was brought to this city.
At Trenton a special baggage car was in
waiting and, accompanied by her mother
and sister, both pieasant-i0UkIng women.
the jersey Lily was assisted to the top of
a baggage truck, foored with thick planks.
The accommodations being extremely prim-
tive, the young woman refused TO travel in
it ard was accordingly, after much squeez-
ing and hysterical shrieks. pushed into a
regular passenger car OF the new Eastlake
model, having a door three feet wide. The
crowd at the depot gazed upon this free ex-
hibition of the departing freak" vita un-
seemly mirth and ironical cheers.
Az this end Of the line storage van with
a padded Interior, waiteu fo= the Lily. -
who arrived on ths 10 train aud was re-
ceived by an immense crowd. She was
dropped down the baggage elevator 10 the
dark recess where trunks are stored and
from thence led To the storage wagon.
Around tie door several policemen stood
beating Jack the crowd, who were rs curi-
Gus az a ihEong around police van wait
Ing 70 see condemned criminal 50 10 exc
cutIOu.
Miss Haz'ltou is % years old end has
never beCa on exhibition before,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

The usual holiday recess was taken
by both houses of Congress yesterday to
meet again on Wednesday, January 4th.
AS congress met on MoDd ay, December
5th, and as no business worth mention
ing has yet been transacted, it will be
seen that when it reassenbies n full
month will have been wasted. This
custom has lasted so long and its IN
furious effects have become so apparent.
that it is wonderfully strange that no
successful effort has been made to
change the time for the meeting of
Congress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

Forty officials and clerks OF the
Pittsourg AID Like Erie Railroad have
been suspended pending an investiga-
tion into the ticket accounts Of the road
Mt the Office at PIttsburg. 1t is binted
that bogus tickets have been issued.
that many employees knew of and abet-
ted the fraud, and that the company is
the loser by thousands OF dollars. The
company as yet, however, makes no ac-
against eusation any employee.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

DURING the last Presidential cam
paign Z. l.. Harper, of the lately
wrecked Fidelity Bank, OF Cincinnati,
swore that If Cleveland was elected he
would go out Of business. Harper has
recently not only gone out of business,
but has also gone tc the Ohio peniten-
tiary for ten years for stealing the de-
posits of the bank and sinking them in
wheat speculatious. Harper can now
look back upon his career and regard
his remark as literally prophetical.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

JOSEPH p. KNIGHT, who has been
stealing from the Manufacturers Ma
tional Bank Of Philadelphia for over
twenty years, has just been detected.
The vigilance OF the bank officials in
thus putting an end to his speculations
within comparatively short space os
time after he began them deserves all
praise. Such promptness is rarely
characteristic OF bank directors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23
g'ambria 9rermaG.
EsENseURc. PA.
FRIDAY, --- DEC. %, 1881.

THE simple and plain DUTY which We
owe the people is TO reduce taxation TO
the necessary expenses of an economical
operation OF the Government, and to re-
store to the business OF the country the
money which We hold in the treasury
through the perversiou OF governmental
powers. ."-GEovER CLEVELAND.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23

me Republicans are still in search NJ
a candidate WHO can beat Cleveland in
New York next year. 80
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-12-23
Carriage Making in all its Branches.

PnJ7ltiR5, TIiUzUziU6
and REPAIRING of all kinds done on
the SHORTEST NOTICE and The LOWEST
PRICES. Also, Planning, Saving and Wood Turn
Ing wiki improved machinery. Also. all klads of
heavy work done. Carrio4c smith shop connected
All parties trusting me with work viii be aoaor.
ably dealt with. All work war;. .u-eI.
Ebensburg, Cctobcrai 1854
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-03
RICHMOND.

Mr.. J. Russell Of the Russell Ice firm
is in town.-rhe Tempest Engine Company
has disbanded. w. II. Sturtevant, Town
Clerk, has been confined t. his house for
some time with rheumaiism.-A +. Puring-
ton has sold his meat marker TO w 5. Voter
and will move to Waterville, the first of May.
when he will engage in the brick making busi-
ness with his brother, Horace Purlngton, who
has long carried on that business there
The new scale of prices at the shoe factory
has been satisfactorily arranged. Business
is a little better there at present.-General
Joseph Totman, our celebrated hiliputian
man, has gone to Boston, where he has an
engagement with Austin & Stones Museum
But little work was done on the water
works the past week, on account of the bad
weather. The steam drills are at work on
Pleasant street.-Richmond traders are visit
ing Boston in large numbers.-The Board of
Health has organized with G. ID. Newell
chairman, and 6 Z Emmons, Secretary
Their attention has already been given to
several important matters in the sanitary
lne.-H. .. Baker returned to Taunton,
Friday, alter weeks visit at home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-03
WINsLOW.

The freshet at this place. caused by the
heavy rains and melting snow, is the highest
known since 1870. Itreached its highest point
about two o'clock Saturday p NJ. The
water in the store Of Simpson & Spaulding,
in which is the post, flee, was eighteen INCH
es deep. The people sailed up to the delivery
window for their mai. A large force of
rivermen were employed all dsv in rafting
logs and drift wood at the travel bridge. which
was submerged two feet, so the logs could
not pass under. -Four families were som-
PEELED 10 vscate their houses, and took ref
uge in the town hall, which is on higher
ground. Boats plied all day up and down
Main street. J. +. Walker & Co. lost about
a thousand bushels Of unleached ashes. Mi
chael Healy vas damaged about fifty dollars ;
some Of the .eed which he planted for early
marketing being washed away. Silas Rhoades
while assisting at the bridge. was precipitsted d
head first into the swollen current and would
have drowned but for the timely assistance
of Mr.. John Davis, an expert waterman
Mrs. G. w. Patterson returned from Massa-
chusetts, Saturday, where she ha. been visit.
ing.
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Oct2d&wlynrchwky
A Modern Miracle,

The story comes To us of II man who, more
than twenty years ago, injured his knee by
being thrown from a horse. The leg was
bent at right angles and stuck straight out
behind. Alter abandoning all hope of ever
hmbering his knee joint he had n OGDEN leg
fitted from the knee down. and thus he walked
for more than twenty years A lew months
ago, hearing of the marvellous relaxing pow
er of Johnson's Anodype Liniment, he was
ioduced to make a trial of it and strange as
it may seem after Thing in the linment
twice day for nearly five weeks, the cords
were entirely relaxed and the leg straightened.
Several months have elapsed since this uc-
currence took place and yet the knee Joint is
as serviceable as the other, with no tendency
to b.come still again.
Another case fully as remarkable, if not
more SO, comes to us from Nova Scou.
Horton, Kings Co., Nova Scola.
Dear Sir-l esteem it duty owe you and
the public, to make known the very extraor-
dinary, and | may say astonishing, cure ef-
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wears of age, by your invaluable medicine.
In consequence of taking cp.d alter being
lnocculated tor the kline pux tin wnoe spine
became diseased, and she lost the use of all
her limbs, and her back was rounded up like
a bow che was utterly disabled for work, and
almost helpless for about eighteen months.
had able medical advice. both IN this Prov
ince and from an eminent pnysi,ia in New
York, in the United States aud lh"y all pro-
nounced IT very difficult, If not incurable
ease. We used your johnson. Anodyne
Linimrut with entire success. She is now
well, aud about the house.
EDWARD BAYER.
May3d&vlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-05-03

The melting of the snow, and the rain of
last week. has filed the streams and ponds
of which the Sebasticook the outlet, and
the result is higher water than ha. been
known since 1882 The road running towards
Burnham i. covered from the foot Of James
Thurston's lot to the foot of the Jaguth hill.
some sixty rods in length, and in places is
three feet deep. Dormsn's csrding mill, and
Lambs lumber mill are surrounded, with the
water flowing through the lower rooms. On
the other side. McNalley's lumber min is sur
rounded and the rooms OF Rowell and John
son are under water. At the north end of
the iron bridge the approach is under water,
and the strong current is rapidly wa.hng out
the road. SIuarts carriage shop and
blacksmith chop are four feet in the water.
with the current running through them like a
sluice way, while his house is also completely
surrounded.